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Genesis 24:5
New English Translation
Genesis 24:5
New English Translation
5 The servant asked him, “What if the woman is not willing to come back with me[a] to this land? Must I then[b] take your son back to the land from which you came?”
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- Genesis 24:5 tn Heb “to go after me.”
- Genesis 24:5 tn In the Hebrew text the construction is emphatic; the infinitive absolute precedes the imperfect. However, it is difficult to reflect this emphasis in an English translation.
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